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I have a Toshiba Satellite L455D-S5976, and use a wireless mouse, I wish to disable the touchpad, but it does not show up in the mouse control panel or the device managers listing of mice! The only mouse that is showing up is the wireless one. I have googled this topic extensively and they all say to go into mouse control panel and select the touchpad and either disable it or disable when a usb mouse in plugged in. However, there is not a listing for the touchpad! Anyone have any experience with this or have any insights as what to do next? TIA!

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I never really thought about disabling it myself, but I was working on a laptop a couple days ago and the person asked me how to do that. Just since that day, I've seen something real closely related, if not exactly that topic, several times now. I could see where it could be handy to do though.

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[quote name='acnpt' timestamp='1327588846' post='594610591']
I know you've tried mouse control panel, but have you looked under device manager?
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Yes, it is not showing up.
[quote name='Intrinsica' timestamp='1327588974' post='594610595']
Can you not disable it via the BIOS?
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I did not think about that, I will look into it.
[quote name='ozgeek' timestamp='1327589025' post='594610601']
Some laptops have a small area built in to the touchpad that if double-tapped on, disables or enables the touchpad. My HP DV6 laptop have it.
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I know what you are taking about, but no, the Toshiba does not have that option.

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[quote name='jnelsoninjax' timestamp='1327632242' post='594611967']
I did not think about that, I will look into it.
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I remember Lenovo's having the option, and I've just checked a Dell next to me and sure enough there is an option to disable the touchpad. I would assume that it's a pretty standard option for laptops these days.

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[quote name='jnelsoninjax' timestamp='1327663756' post='594612614']
It does not show up! I even downloaded the driver from Toshiba and attempted to install it, only to have it 'fail' with no other explanation.
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Does this mean that there isn't an option in the BIOS to disable it?

Wouldn't it be connected by an internal USB, so it might be possible to disable the USB connection?
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Also keep getting an unknown usb device, but the only USB item plugged in is the mouse, I can not seem to make the unknown device disappear, I have uninstalled it a couple of times.

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^That is with the mouse unplugged, also I disable the PS/2 mouse and windows re-installs the driver at reboot. There is not any other mouse installed, so I can not figure out where the PS/2 mouse is coming from!

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Could you try installing Synaptic drivers again, as there seems to be a way of getting it to disable the trackpad automatically - [url="http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/05/disable-touch-pad-of-your-laptop-avoid.html"]Here[/url]
Also, try [url="http://www.pocketlim.com/TrackpadMagic/"]this[/url] software, its designed for use with Macbook trackpads, but site says it could work for other trackpads.

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Viet :
Hi,
Viet - Computer Tech :
Can you press at the same time the two keys [b]Fn[/b] and the [b]F9[/b] key (or whatever is the touchpad key) to enable/disable the touchpad?
Customer :
Fn ??
Viet - Computer Tech :
So, [b]Fn[/b] is located near the bottom left of your laptop's keyboard.
Customer :
I've depressed both keys nothing happened. Touchpad still engaged.
Viet - Computer Tech :
Can you click on[b] Start[/b], then right-click on [b]Computer[/b], then click on Properties, then type me if your System type: is 32-bit or 64-bit?
Viet - Computer Tech :
Also, try pressing both at the same time again
Customer :
32 bit...I depressed the two keys once again and the touchpad is disabled. Easy huh!!
Viet - Computer Tech :
Yes,
Viet - Computer Tech :
Please click on Accept if you are satisfied and please leave positive feedback.
Customer :
That's it then. signing off
Customer :
Thanks
Viet - Computer Tech :
You're welcome. Please click on Accept if you are satisfied and please leave positive feedback. Thank you for using JustAnswer.com. Please come back next time for any other computer issue.
Viet - Computer Tech :
Thank you.
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